# दीप
## Hindi
### Etymology

From Sanskrit दीप (dīpa).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪iːp/

### Noun

दीप • (dīp) m (Urdu spelling دیپ)
* light
* lamp

#### Synonyms

* दीपक (dīpak)
* दीपिका (dīpikā)
* दिया (diyā)
* चिराग़ (cirāġ)

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* dīpa (Latin script)
* 𑀤𑀻𑀧 (Brahmi script)
* দীপ (Bengali script)
* දීප (Sinhalese script)
* ဒီပ or ဒဳပ or ၻီပ (Burmese script)
* ทีป or ทีปะ (Thai script)
* ᨴᩦᨷ (Tai Tham script)
* ທີປ or ທີປະ (Lao script)
* ទីប (Khmer script)
* 𑄘𑄩𑄛 (Chakma script)

### Noun

दीप m
* Devanagari script form of dīpa

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দীপ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬷᬧ (Balinese script)
* দীপ (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰱𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑀻𑀧 (Brahmi script)
* ဒီပ (Burmese script)
* દીપ (Gujarati script)
* ਦੀਪ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍀𑌪 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦷꦥ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂲𑂣 (Kaithi script)
* ದೀಪ (Kannada script)
* ទីប (Khmer script)
* ທີປ (Lao script)
* ദീപ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡳᡳᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘲𑘢 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠢᠢᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧓𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐷𑐥 (Newa script)
* ଦୀପ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢷꢦ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆵𑆥 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖱𑖢 (Siddham script)
* දීප (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩑𑩛𑩰 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚯𑚞 (Takri script)
* தீ³ப (Tamil script)
* దీప (Telugu script)
* ทีป (Thai script)
* དཱི་པ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒲𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨁𑨊𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From the root दीप् (dīp, “to burn, shine, glow”) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalizing suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /diː.pɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈd̪iː.pɐ/

### Noun

दीप • (dīpa) stem, m
* a lamp, light

#### Derived terms

* दीपक (dīpaka)
* दीपमाला (dīpamālā)
* दीपलोक (dīpaloka)
* दीपवृक्ष (dīpavṛkṣa)
* दीपान्विता (dīpānvitā)
* दीपावलि (dīpāvali)
* दीपिका (dīpikā)
* दीपोत्सव (dīpotsava)
* Eastern:
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bihari: दिउरी (diurī), दियरी (diyarī), दीरी (dīrī)
*** Odia: ଦିଓଡ଼ା (dioṛā), ଦିଓଡ଼ି (dioṛi)
* Western:
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Gujarati: દિવડો (divḍo)
* Central:
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Hindustani: dīwlā, dīwlī, dewlā, dewlī
**** Hindi: दीवला, दीवली, देवला, देवली
**** Urdu: دِیولَا (diyolā), دِیولِی (diyolī), دِولَا (divlā), دِولِی (divlī)
* Eastern:
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bihari: दिउली (diulī)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** → Proto-Nuristani:
*** Ashkun: diwā
*** Waigali: dēw
* Pali: dīpa
* Prakrit: 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva), 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀬 (dīvaya), 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀻 (dīvī), 𑀤𑀻𑀯𑀺𑀅 (dīvia)
** Central:
*** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
**** Awadhi: दिआ (diā)
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Domaaki: [script needed] (dīa)
**** Hindustani: dīwā, dīyā
***** Hindi: दीवा, दीया
***** Urdu: دِیوَا (dīvā), دِیَا (diyā)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: দিয়া (dia)
**** Bengali: দিয়া (diẏa)
**** Bihari: दीया (dīyā)
***** Maithili: दीआ (dīā)
**** Odia: ଡିଆ (ḍiā)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Central Pahari:
***** Garhwali: दिउ (diu)
***** Kumaoni: दियो (diyo), द्यू (dyū)
**** Eastern Pahari:
***** Nepali: दियो (diyo)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Lahnda: دِیوَا (dīvā)
****** Saraiki: ݙِوَا (ḏivā)
******* → Khowar: دِیوَ (dīwa)
******* → Shina: ڈیوَا (ḍevā)
***** Punjabi: dīvā|, dīā
    Gurmukhi script: ਦੀਵਾ, ਦੀਆ
    Shahmukhi script: دِیوَا, دِیَا
**** Vracada Apabhramsa:
***** Sindhi: ḍ̠io
    Arabic script: ڏِو
    Devanagari script: ॾिओ
****** Jadgali: [script needed] (dīwā)
****** Kachchi: ડીયો (ḍīyo)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Sinhalese: දිව (diwa)
*** Maharastri Prakrit:
**** Marathi: दिवा (divā), दिवी (divī)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: દીવો (dīvo), દીવી (dīvī)
**** Old Marwari: दिव (div)
* → Hindustani: dīp
** Hindi: दीप
** Urdu: دیپ (dep)
* → Tamil: தீபம் (tīpam)
* → Telugu: దీపము (dīpamu)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “दीप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 481/1.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dipa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 363

### Further reading

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2025) “dīpa”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.